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Compensating wage differentials for defined benefit and defined contribution occupational pension scheme benefits

Inkmann, Joachim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

consider different measures of pension bene-fits based on current contributions and changes in accrued pension benefit rights …The theory of equalizing differences suggests that employer provided pension benefits should be compensated by reduced … wage benefits for an employee’s given produc-tivity potential. This paper presents an empirical analysis of compensating …

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The relationship between women's work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany

Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane; Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Using data from several large scale longitudinal surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between older women’s personal incomes and their work histories in the UK, US and West Germany. By comparing three countries with very different welfare regimes, we seek to gain a better...

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The Greek crisis in focus: austerity, recession and paths to recovery

Christodoulakis, Nicos; Leventi, Chrysa; Matsaganis, Manos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

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The economics of pensions

Barr, Nicholas; Diamond, Peter - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

burdens and benefits. These areas are controversial and politically highly salient. While we are open about expressing our own …

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Policy uncertainty and precautionary savings

Giavazzi, Francesco; McMahon, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

In 1997 Chancellor Kohl proposed a major pension reform: he pushed the law through Parliament explaining that the German PAYG system had become unsustainable. One limitation of the new law - one that is crucial for our identification strategy - is that it left the generous pension entitlements...

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The shifting balance of private and public welfare activity in the United Kingdom, 1979 to 2007

Edmiston, Daniel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

The balance between private and public sectors in welfare activity in the UK has been documented by Burchardt (1997) and Smithies (2005) for three time periods; 1979/1980, 1995/1996 and 1999/2000. The existing evidence suggested that a welfare mix has previously been in existence but that the...

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The relationship between women’s work histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany

Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane; Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

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Women's family histories and incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany

Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane; Sefton, Tom - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Using data from several large scale longitudinal surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between older women’s families histories and their personal incomes in later life in the UK, US and West Germany, By comparing three countries with very different welfare regimes, we seek to gain...

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Family ties: women’s work and family histories and their association with incomes in later life in the UK

Sefton, Tom; Evandrou, Maria; Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between the family and work histories of older women in the UK and their individual incomes in later life, using retrospective data from the first fifteen waves of the British Household Panel Survey. The associations between women’s family histories and...

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UK annuity rates and pension replacement ratios 1957-2002

Cannon, Edmund; Tonks, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper constructs a time series of annuity rates in the UK for 1957-2002, and examines the pricing of UK annuities, and the relationship between the accumulation and decumulation phases of a defined contribution pension scheme by focusing on the properties of the pension replacement ratio....

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